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this last hurrah of the benedict, it comes -- benedict xvi comes a day before he terns exclusion as, quote, pontiff emeritus and his cardinals will be scrambling to replace him. he's assured his flock he will still be with them in spirit and he hopes they don't forget him either. >> i ask each of you to pray for me and for the new pope. >> cnn's christiane amanpour was part of the historic audience. christiane, a lot of emotion. is that a surprise given the fact this he's been called the german shepherd? >> reporter: yeah. he's been one who's not worn his heart on his sleeve. he's very different from his predecessor john paul ii who was all about hugs and embracing. yes, this was a day of rare emotion. you saw a lot of smiles as he went around st. peter's square in that pope mmobile to receive the final farewells. he spoke about how he had so much joy, he said, in the church in his eight years of reign but he also talked about how there had been difficult times. he said it had been fair from easy on occasion. he talk tbd church coming across agitated waters and finding themselves fac
this last hurrah of the benedict, it comes -- benedict xvi comes a day before he terns exclusion as, quote, pontiff emeritus and his cardinals will be scrambling to replace him. he's assured his flock he will still be with them in spirit and he hopes they don't forget him either. >> i ask each of you to pray for me and for the new pope. >> cnn's christiane amanpour was part of the historic audience. christiane, a lot of emotion. is that a surprise given the fact this he's been...
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. >>> boep benedict xvi says he's resigning the first time in nearly 600 years that a pope stepped down. in the nethder lands beatrix is done being the queen. what about the world's most famous monarch? is 86-year-old queen elizabeth likely to step aside anytime soon? richard is a columnist for the montecito journal. we are so pleased to have you with us. we have heard from the ballast on this issue in pretty broad terms. what are they saying? >> well, at its simplest no. abdication is a tradition in the house of orange, as you say, beatrix is abdicating at the end of april. she's 75. she's been 33 years on the throne. her mother jewel and nanl also abdicated as did her grandmother, wilhel mina. but with the house of windsor abdication is a very dirty word and goes back to 1936 as we all know with king edward viii when he abdicated the british throne to marry the american wallace simpson and since then, abdication is really very much out of the question. >> well, interestingly though, he abdicated to his brother, obviously, and that's how we have queen elizabeth the line of succession.
. >>> boep benedict xvi says he's resigning the first time in nearly 600 years that a pope stepped down. in the nethder lands beatrix is done being the queen. what about the world's most famous monarch? is 86-year-old queen elizabeth likely to step aside anytime soon? richard is a columnist for the montecito journal. we are so pleased to have you with us. we have heard from the ballast on this issue in pretty broad terms. what are they saying? >> well, at its simplest no....
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pope benedict said today that a pope has no privacy. how difficult do you think being pope of -- a leader of 1.2 billion catholics worldwide was for quite a private man? >> reporter: it's been, i think, very, very difficult. this wasn't a man who was particularly comfortable in front of crowds. today we saw him at st. peters square in the popemobile there, and he looks frail, looks old, but he seemed to be enjoying himself. john paul ii is very much a more engaging pope and not as much as a private man as benedict xvi is. he will leave here tomorrow around this time, by helicopter, and he will go to castle gandolpho and come back to the vatican in his retirement. he'll go into isolation, he's chosen that for himself. the vatican garden cottage as it were, it's not particularly comfortable, i'm told, i haven't been in, but it is somewhere he can spend his twilight years as it were, and he's 85 years old, let's remember that, in peace and reflecting on where he is, who he is, and how far he's come. today was very much an occasion of refle
pope benedict said today that a pope has no privacy. how difficult do you think being pope of -- a leader of 1.2 billion catholics worldwide was for quite a private man? >> reporter: it's been, i think, very, very difficult. this wasn't a man who was particularly comfortable in front of crowds. today we saw him at st. peters square in the popemobile there, and he looks frail, looks old, but he seemed to be enjoying himself. john paul ii is very much a more engaging pope and not as much as...
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. >>> pope benedict xvi getting out in public again for the first time since announcing his resignation. right now, he is celebrating ash wednesday mass. marking the beginning of lent. the audience was also packed at the pope's weekly public appearance earlier today. pope benedict talked about his decision to step down at the end of the month calling it the right thing to do for the church. >>> i want to bring you our top story. the ex-cop on a deadly vendetta. you have this frantic man hunt and then this is how police believe it all ended. video from cbs news captured this gun battle at a cabin in the woods. watch this. >> down! >> christopher dorner barricaded himself inside that cabin, which burned to the ground. a sheriff's deputy was killed in all of this. another wounded in that shootout. >> officer down, officer down. >> the officer down. >> medic ships in the air, medic ships in the air. >> officer down. >> another officer down. >> live from big bear lake, california, this is where all of this played out. it was quite dramatic. we have our crime and justice correspondent joe joh
. >>> pope benedict xvi getting out in public again for the first time since announcing his resignation. right now, he is celebrating ash wednesday mass. marking the beginning of lent. the audience was also packed at the pope's weekly public appearance earlier today. pope benedict talked about his decision to step down at the end of the month calling it the right thing to do for the church. >>> i want to bring you our top story. the ex-cop on a deadly vendetta. you have this...
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benedict cited his poor health and decision to resign. february 28th will be his last day as pope. >>> driver danica patrick wins the pole position for the daytona 500. that makes her the first woman to start the legendary race. she told don lemon she loves the idea of going beyond racing in general. >> one of the coolest things is to be able to think that parents and their kids are having that conversation at home about it, and to, you know, i heard stories about a kid, a boy or girl, saying, but, mommy, daddy, that's a girl that's out there racing. and then they can have that conversation to say, you can do anything you want to do, and gender doesn't matter. your passion is what matter s. and that's cool. >> patrick won the pole position by going more than 196 miles per hour. the daytona 500 is this sunday. >>> meteor hunteres say this moment could mean big bucks for them. a sonic boom as a meteor shatters, sending fragments across russia's ural mountains. this is a remote area. it may soon be flooded with tourists from across the globe
benedict cited his poor health and decision to resign. february 28th will be his last day as pope. >>> driver danica patrick wins the pole position for the daytona 500. that makes her the first woman to start the legendary race. she told don lemon she loves the idea of going beyond racing in general. >> one of the coolest things is to be able to think that parents and their kids are having that conversation at home about it, and to, you know, i heard stories about a kid, a boy or...
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all of this as pope benedict xvi enters his final days in power. a top uk cardinal has resigned, accused of inappropriate behavior toward four young men in the 1980s. the vatican in damage control mode after it leak eed reports here of an alleged network of gay priests blackmailed by a group of male prostitutes. italian media saying it is no coincidence the allegations surfaced on the same day the pope announced his resignation. ben wedeman, senior international correspondent following the story for us from rome. ben this is cardinal o'brien. he says he submitted his resignation to the pope moments ago, only just accepted a day after this leaked report. talk to me about the timing. what to do we know about that? >> reporter: because he was approaching the age of 75, it is standard practice in the vatican for him to hand in his resignation months in advance of his 75th birthday. so they actually had it -- the pope had it on his desk, so to speak, but clearly when these reports began to surface in the uk, he must have decided it was time to accept it
all of this as pope benedict xvi enters his final days in power. a top uk cardinal has resigned, accused of inappropriate behavior toward four young men in the 1980s. the vatican in damage control mode after it leak eed reports here of an alleged network of gay priests blackmailed by a group of male prostitutes. italian media saying it is no coincidence the allegations surfaced on the same day the pope announced his resignation. ben wedeman, senior international correspondent following the...
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that's benedict's last day in office. in the two and a half months the pope has been on twitter he has attracted more than 2 million followers. >>> and oscar pistorius broke down in tears today, sobbing and shaking as the imagines straight spent two hours recapping the murder case against him. then the magistrate granted him bail. >> that reaching out in the affidavit in the way that he did, placing it before the court, together with the fact that none of the factors that need to be established have been established. i come to the conclusion that the accused has made a case to be released on bail. >> yes! >> the man known as blade runner shown leaving the court today with his family. pistorius' troubles are far from over. his next court date is june 4th, and his trial may not start until the end of the year. cnn's robyn curnow joins us now from johannesburg. we heard that outburst in the courtroom. was he among those? >> reporter: no, not at all. that outburst -- that outburst came from, i think, a group of friends toward
that's benedict's last day in office. in the two and a half months the pope has been on twitter he has attracted more than 2 million followers. >>> and oscar pistorius broke down in tears today, sobbing and shaking as the imagines straight spent two hours recapping the murder case against him. then the magistrate granted him bail. >> that reaching out in the affidavit in the way that he did, placing it before the court, together with the fact that none of the factors that need to...